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I was at the Salesforce.com Christmas drinks a couple of weeks ago and as part of the entertainment we watched a few short films. All the …

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation has produced an excellent little book called the Story Guide: Building Bridges Using Narrative Techniques. It’s filled with …

We often describe anecdote circles as being a bit  like dinner parties, with the exceptions that we try have just one conversation at a time, and …

At the upcoming Australian Facilitators conference I’m looking forward to the “Facilitator Archetypes” workshop that I’m running alongside a great cartoonist, Simon Kneebone. This workshop …

A couple a weeks ago we released our guide to anecdote circles and it has been extremely popular. We tried our best to give an …

A simple yet effective use of stories is to get staff to recount experiences of success (perhaps using an anecdote circle) before facing the new …

Paradoxically, one of the dangers of specialising in the practical application of narrative techniques is their wide applicability; sometimes the people who might be interested …

What is the link between storytelling and complexity? This was the theme that found me travelling over 28 hours from Melbourne, Australia to Las Cruces, New …

Like they say, life is about timing. Coinciding with the launch of our recent ebook The ultimate guide to Anecdote Circles, Chris Corrigan has released an …

Steven Pinker says: “Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, …